Early indications are....

That "Doe Velvet" fits into the genre of "brunettes in capes".....

Off for Editing

The manuscript for Doe Velvet has gone off to the editor for appraisal.  Hopefully it is in fairly good shape, so that I don't start off too far in the red for this project.  As this is my first foray, both into F/M romance and self-publishing right out of the gate, I have no idea how well it will sell.

Doe Velvet first Draft

I have finished the first draft of Doe Velvet and am very happy with how it turned out.  This is a book I decided to write simply on the principle that if I write what I like, other people may also like it.  The conventional wisdom is that high fantasy romance is unpopular and alpha female romance (that is not in any way BDSM) just does not have a readership.  Maybe that is true.  I guess I will find out.

In any case, I like my heroine Thera.  She is down-to-earth woman in a high fantasy world.  She is by nature confidant, despite having had quite a difficult life. And if a passing prince should fall head over heels in love with her, who is she to argue with that?  Of course royalty comes with complications, and in this case a dangerous quest.

I am working on edits now and narrowing down who my external editor will be.

Cover Reveal: Doe Velvet

I am hard at work on my first full length F/M romance, Doe Velvet, to be written under the pen name Aroha Bourke. Here is the cover courtesy of Fiona Jayde.